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RE: Trekking Tech - Basic Hydration

How come you didn't list making a fire and boiling it? Or do you consider that a form of technology?

It's always baffled me how come wells can have clean water. They seem like sewers to me! Like the very thing that would attract bugs and detritus.

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I considered including boiling but thought it would fit better in a future article about water treatment methods due to the technology and effort required. I also considered desalinization but came to the same conclusion. Thanks for drawing attention to this; boiling can reliably purify highly contaminated water.

As far as wells go, a large open shaft does make the notion of clean water a little counter-intuitive, but the groundwater is being filtered through sand and sediment below the surface and is flowing past the well rather than sitting stagnantly in it. There may be a few bugs and leaves on the surface, but the water beneath is quite clean!

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